Ten On Tuesday

1. This is my favorite thing Cole says lately: "This is the first, that's the twoth one and that's the threeth one."

2. Joanna is now in the Dominican Republic. I'm a little sad she won't be here for Thanksgiving. A lot sad actually. But it'll be great! I'm making the beloved green bean casserole. Mmm.

3. I started listening to Chris Tomlin's Glory in the Highest on my way to work today. Christmas is just around the river bend.

4. Tyler and I began watching the Lord of the Rings trilogy last night. I love it but I have to honestly say that hearing Gollum say "my precious" freaks me out. I've seen the movies before but for some reason it all seems new to me.

5. I haven't been to the gym in two weeks and I'm not proud of it.

6. I took this on my way out the door today. I sure love these guys.

I also love that Kayley's head looks like it's twice the size of Cole's.

7. Just one and a half more days of work and then a four day weekend!

8. I'm just real hungry right now. I have a bean, chicken and rice burrito made with a whole wheat tortilla waiting in the fridge for me to heat up. Come on lunch time!

9. I ordered a box of food from Treasure Box and I'm really pleased with it. You get like $60-$100 worth of food for $30 and you can pick which type of box you want (I picked the kids box). We got things like burritos, apple pies, corn dogs, pizza and cereal. Some things aren't what we usually would buy from the store because they are fattening and expensive. But I thought I would give it a try. Next time I think I'll go for the healthy box.

I've really been working on getting us on a budget for the food we buy. There is no need to pay full price for food (or anything else really), even when you're shopping healthy. Between shopping at the commissary, using coupons and buying a box a month from the website we're only spending $190 per month on food. That's less than $50 per week which is pretty good for a family of four.

10. I'm excited for the next couple of months. December brings Christmas, then comes the new year and Kayley and Cole's birthday, then tax season! There is also the possibility of deployment for Tyler. We're waiting on the details and if it works out it will be a great opportunity for him!